BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Kathleen Margaret England
(m Hugh L. Playfair)

1908 - September 3 2011

Federation of Canadian Artists (Founding Member 1941)

Kathleen England submitted and exhibited artwork in the B.C. Artists' annual exhibitions from at least 1935 to 1947.

She was a founding member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1941.

She submitted four drawings to the 1949 B.C. Graphic exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, two of them were selected for the exhibition.

She died in 2011 at the age of 102, according to her online obituary.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 VAG   B.C. Artists 4th Annual The Pioneers
The Pioneer's Home
1935 Nov. 22 - Dec. 8 VAG   B.C. Artists Christmas Exhibition Pen Drawings
"Sketch"
1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11 VAG   B.C. Artists 5th Annual Sketch
1936 Oct. 15 - 20 VAG   B.C. Artists Chilliwack Exhibition Sketch
1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 VAG   B.C. Artists 7th Annual Harvest, Foothills of Alberta
1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 VAG   B.C. Artists 8th Annual Fitzsimmon Glacier Near Alta Lake
1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 VAG   B.C. Artists 11th Annual Little Thanksgiving
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual Building the Ship
1946 ? - ? VAG    Selections from 15th BCA Building the Ship
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 VAG   B.C. Artists 16th Annual Head of a Girl
1949 Nov. 22 - Dec. 11 VAG   First B.C. Graphic The Net Rack Float
Roast Ducks for Sale, Chinatown
Hindu Pioneer (rejected)
Classical Dance of India (rejected)
1951 April 24 - May 13 VAG    BCSA 41st Annual Weather Ahead
The Fish Dock
1952 April 1 - 20 VAG    BCSA 42nd Annual Loading Lumber, Vancouver
1953 May 5 - 31 VAG    BCSA 43rd Annual The Cable Ship
1954 May 25 - June 13 VAG    BCSA 44th Annual Pulse Beat
1955 April 26 - May 15 VAG    BCSA 45th Annual Westerly Blow
1956 Feb. 28 - March 18 VAG    BCSA 46th Annual Mountain Roots (Revelstoke)

References

PLANTAE OCCIDENTALIS (refer to UBC79)

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/remembering/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-playfair&pid=153529789

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